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That Jeep has been reissued several times over the years with various additional parts. Some options were a CJ2 grille, Surrey top, and off road parts. The chassis, stock wheels and tires are the same as those in the Daisy's Jeep but the engine and body are different. The WWII Jeep has the flat head four while Daisy's has an F-head four. The F-head has one valve in the head and one in the block. It was taller and required a taller hood. The main inaccuracy of both kits is the nonmilitary tires and wheels.

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I think the Jeep that had the trailer was the one from the Korean war and that became the CJ5 later on. I have one of the Korean Jeeps and it has the trailer. The problem with this kit (and all of the military Jeeps) is that they have snow tires and not military tires in them. If this had the military tires I would by a few of them. I already have a few of the Jeeps and all of them have the snow tires in them. Bummer big time. Dan

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At one time somebody was casting military tires for this kit, but I have no idea who the cater was, and since I'm 90% certain they're not in business now it would be moot anyway. If you could find some 1:35 military tires (I know, fat chance, right? ) they might be made to work, though you might need to widen them a little.

I'd love to see the Italeri 1:24 WWII or fire jeep reissued, but having this one back instead is really cool!

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Note to Casey- to be 100% correct, jeep should be spelled without a capital j when referencing the military version. jeep is military, Jeep is civilian.

And yes, those would most certainly be the correct tires for a military version. I might have the Italeri fire jeep laying around someplace, but I'll have to look. I'm pretty sure the tires from that kit have too large an OD to work with the MPC wheels, but the Italeri wheels look better anyway.

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Great job Dan, thanks for posting. That gives us a good look at the differences between the Italeri styrene tires and the Hasegawa rubber tires (which are more accurate, with the sidewall "band" that the Italeri tires do not have).

Here are reproduction Firestones from Coker tire:

NDCC

What does NDCC stand for?

Non Directional Cross Country. Used primarily for military vehicles, the NDCC tires have a rounded shoulder, which offers better road and highway manners than the NDT version. These tires were used by the military after World War II.

NDT

Edited 30 Aug 2012 by jeffs396

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Thanks guys and you're welcome Jeff. If it wasn't for the Husagawa kit I couldn't have finished "Nellybelle". I do wish that MPC or someone would make the correct wheels and tires for the military version. I would like to build some military jeeps. Dan

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And yes, those would most certainly be the correct tires for a military version. I might have the Italeri fire jeep laying around someplace, but I'll have to look. I'm pretty sure the tires from that kit have too large an OD to work with the MPC wheels, but the Italeri wheels look better anyway.

I have a set of the Italeri jeep wheels and tires in hand, and the O.D. at the rim measures .723", x25 = 18.075", so minus 1" = a 17" wheel. Is that the correct military jeep wheel diameter?

These wheels appear to be an exact match for what's in the Italeri jeep kit: